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Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Color stacks plural 4 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Color stacks plural 4 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper. Unframed. As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary st...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Traces 3: abstract painting/drawing on black paper w/ pink & blue gestural lines
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Through drawing and mark-making, Nancy Agati investigates geometry, explores elements of growth, and seeks to reveal a sense of order or elegance. She is interested in the organic na...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Slate

Uccelliera - Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Uccelliera is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on ivor...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Cardboard

Spring (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Spring (Abstract Expressionism painting) Acrylic and mixed media on paper - Unframed Werfel employs expressive, lyrical gestures that create bursts of movement and energy. Her colo...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

abstract bleu - gouache, 50x50, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Pascal SIMONPIETRI is a painter from Corse Island, France.. He is a figure very discreet of the Figurativisme Libre Mouvent during the 80's. He was partner at the Ecole des Beaux Art...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

"II.2.1975" Watercolor Painting on Paper by Tim Nordin, Framed
By Tim Nordin
Located in Encino, CA
"Large Sumi Brush Mark Series, Untitled #II.2.1975," an original watercolor on paper by Tim Nordin, is a piece for the true collector. Nordin's use of color...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

HK1904YP (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
HK1904YP (Abstract work on paper) Ink, enamel, collage on paper - Unframed. This work is part of one of 4 on-going series of large works on paper...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Enamel

Mystery - abstract painting, made in black, grey, green color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink and alcoholic ink in black, grey and green color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, India Ink

Weeds (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Weeds (Abstract painting) Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed. Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Waterway I (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Waterway I (Abstract drawing) Watercolor on Arches paper - Unframed but mounted and hinged on foamcore backing, ready for framing. Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. S...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"VFTS-682, " Acrylic on Canvas, 2021
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms, and early non-representational art, Chicago-artist Jan Pieter Fokkens recreates images that ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Acrylic

Yaddo A (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Yaddo A (Abstract Expressionism painting) Watercolour on 100% rag hot press paper. Unframed. Melissa Meyer is an American abstract painter and printmaker. Her energetic, colorful c...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

M420 (Abstract Print)
Located in London, GB
M420 (Abstract Print) Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed. Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and biom...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Digital

Abstract Red Pink Blue Flowers on Yellow Background by British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Abstract Red, Pink, Orange & Blue Wild Flowers on a Yellow Background by British Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. From the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Frame...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Pulse (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Pulse (Abstract drawing) Watercolour on Arches paper - Unframed Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, movin...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled (Ref 19016) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (Ref 19016) (Abstract Painting) Ink on paper - Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings deli...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

"Purple Fall", contemporary abstract winter landscape acrylic & crayon on paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An acrylic and caran d'ache abstract drawing of that special, soft purple light that shimmers on the snow at sunset in winter. This drawing was produced during my November 2017 resi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Archival Paper

'Pies Fríos, Corazón Cálido, Nochebuena'. Botanical environmental cyanotype
Located in Penzance, GB
'Pies Fríos, Corazón Cálido, Nochebuena' Original Artwork Low winter sun dancing on shingles and salt laden crisp coastal fronds; the tidal dance of the Mediterranean. A drawing...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Black River 26 (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Black River 26 (Abstract work on paper) Resin varnish, collage on paper. Unframed. Many little fragments from different sources exist within these resin works, including natural ma...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Varnish

Cut Space (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Cut Space (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper. Unframed. As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the anim...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

A12 - I am having so much fun (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
A12 - I am having so much fun (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. The artist created this series shortly afterward arriving in NY. His interest was to see what respons...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

M377 (Abstract new media)
Located in London, GB
M377 (Abstract new media) Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed. Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Digital

Unfurling (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Unfurling (Abstract painting) Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed. Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic w...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Big Melt #10 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Big Melt #10 (Abstract drawing) Pigment pencil and water on mylar - Unframed. This work is from a series titled Big Melt. It has been created with pigment pencils and ice. It captu...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mylar, Pencil

Shibuichi, Abstract Digital Manipulation Print on Paper, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Shibuichi, Abstract Digital Manipulation Print on Paper, 2021 16" x 12" (HxW) printed on archival paper This work features an abstracted, digitally manipulated image in shades of or...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Digital

4th floor (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
4th floor (Abstract Painting) Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil, Paper

042 o.T.(Heib), 2018 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
042 o.T.(Heib), 2018 (Abstract painting) Acrylic, collage, mounted on paper - Unframed. Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine the subject...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Organic Geometry (Spectrum II) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Organic Geometry (Spectrum II) (Abstract Painting) Mixed media on paper - Unframed Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. In this series, Michael Barringer wants to make deeply felt, poe...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Untitled (Ref 12102) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (Ref 12102) (Abstract Painting) Ink on paper mounted on canvas - Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstr...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Paper, Ink

Hangar (Ref 20194) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Hangar (Ref 20194) (Abstract painting) Ink on paper - Unframed. Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Intermezzo 5 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Intermezzo 5 (Abstract drawing) Charcoal on paper - Unframed. Image size: 46.3 x 43.8 cm/ 18 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches. Neill creates works on canvas, linen and paper using a variety of...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

"Dancer"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980) Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Survey 4 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Survey 4 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. This work is part of an ongoing series started in 2012 and titled Survey. McGlynn is interested in how a minimal...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

"Eminences Grises" - Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "I had been making some very colorful paintings based on rings or circles that have been very well received and much of that series is already sold, but my forms ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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House Paint, Acrylic

Octave (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Octave (Abstract drawing) Watercolour on Arches paper - Unframed Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, movi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Swipe 3 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Swipe 3 (Abstract painting) Sumi ink and paint on paper. Unframed. For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks. T...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Sumi Ink, Acrylic

Infinity II - abstraction art, made in gray-blue, brown colors
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych is made with alcoholic ink on Yupo paper. Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold) with a styrene face on a double mat board in dark...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Untitled (Ref 16103) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (Ref 16103) (Abstract Painting) Ink on paper - Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings deli...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Untitled (Ref 20145) (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (Ref 20145) (Abstract Drawing) Ink on paper - Unframed. Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediu...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Castello - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Castello is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on ivory-...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Cardboard

Nell'Ovale - Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Nell'ovale is a Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera and watercolor on...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Watercolor

Piccolo Archivio - l Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Piccolo Archivio is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera o...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Cardboard

Dashing into the day 3 (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Dashing into the day 3 (Abstract work on paper) Acrylics, ink and oil on paper - Unframed. This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. Knaut builds her compositions slowly over time, a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Untitled 2012 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2012 (Abstract Painting) Ink and acrylic on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies t...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Paper, Ink

Purple and Green Abstract Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract watercolor composition with soft purple and green tones, accented with red by Les Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned, but was acquired from the estate of Les Anderson ...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Ana Zanic "Origin Aqueous (W-2017-3-7)" - Abstract watercolor on paper
Located in New York, NY
Ana Zanic Origin Aqueous (W-2017-3-7), 2017 watercolor on paper 40 x 26 in. (zan221) This contemporary abstract watercolor painting features large, gestural strokes of transparent b...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

P1.14 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
P1.14 (Abstract Painting) Gouache on Japanese paper. Unframed. This gouache paint on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements of found colored papers ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Damier 20153 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Damier 20153 (Abstract painting) Mixed media on paper - Unframed. Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediu...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Untitled 20242 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 20242 (Abstract painting) Mixed media on paper - Unframed. Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his med...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Cave Quilt, (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Cave Quilt, (Abstract Painting) Mixed media on paper - Unframed Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Although the initial inspiration for a painting might come from a fleeting experien...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Stem in Black #1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Stem in Black #1 (Abstract painting) Charcoal & Oil stick on paper - Unframed. Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, im...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Truly Madly Deeply (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Truly Madly Deeply (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. This artwork is on un-stretched canvas as per the artist's aesthetic's choice and does not need to be stretched ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Survey 2 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Survey 2 (Abstract Drawing) Acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. This work is part of an ongoing series started in 2012 and titled Survey. McGlynn is interested in how a minimall...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing. Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Etude 3 - abstract calligraphy ink drawing / painting on paper, black & white
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Nazanin Moghbeli is an Iranian-American artist with training in Persian calligraphy, miniature painting, and music. She borrows techniques from Iranian calligraphy to create abstract...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite

ART
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique gouache on handmade paper. Hand signed and dated lower front. Artwork sheet size 8.5 x 10.5 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Artwork is in excellent condition. Artwork ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Paris - Ober (Blue Tarp) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Paris - Ober (Blue Tarp) (Abstract painting) Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tenden...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor

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